Earth Science

Madison filled a jar with leaves, pieces of grass, and some tiny sticks. Then, she left the jar for a few weeks. What is the process that would have happened to the leaves and grass?

• precipitation

• eruption

• decomposition

• garden

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What two forms of energy do we get from the Sun?

• Light and Sound

• Sound and Thermal

• Thermal and Mechanical

• Light and Thermal

How many stars are in our solar system?

• 1

• 105

• 100,000

• 76

On the Sun, the cooler and darker areas are called--

• hot gases

• sunspots

• core

• flames

Soil can be described as a--

• solution

• grass

• mixture

• leaf

Which planet is closer to the Sun than Jupiter, but further away from the sun than Earth?

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Neptune

What is a limitation of a solar system model?

• Not every planet of the solar system is in the model.

• Mercury is the 2nd planet instead of the first.

• Planets can not be in the right order.

• The model does not show the correct sizes of the Sun and planets.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The breaking down of rocks and minerals is called--

• ice

• boulders

• weathering

• heating

The force of gravity causes the planets to--

• get hot.

• turn into moons.

• grow.

• orbit around the Sun.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Soil is composed of--

• rocks, water, and glass.

• decomposed plastic, rocks, and grass.

• bits of rocks and decomposed plant and animal matter.

• water and dirt.